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March 21, 2011
Peace Corps themed concert closes anniversary celebrations
Hip-hop artist Lupe Fiasco will perform at a Peace Corps 50th Anniversary Benefit Concert, which will serve as a wrap-up to universitywide celebrations marking the anniversary of the conception of the Peace Corps by John F. Kennedy.
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March 21, 2011
Three faculty to run for open SACUA seats
The Senate Assembly will elect three Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA) members at its meeting today (March 21). The three top vote getters will win three-year terms. Additional candidates may announce intent to run up to the time of the election. As of Record press time, three candidates have indicated they will run… -
March 21, 2011
University launches new Compliance Resource Center website
More information • Compliance Resource Center > • Compliance Hotline > • UMHS Compliance > A new Compliance Resource Center website now provides faculty and staff with a comprehensive overview of the university’s legislative and regulatory compliance obligations. Because of the complex nature of the university’s work, compliance requirements intersect with individual activities and roles… -
March 21, 2011
Poetry Slam celebrates ‘varsity sport of the soul’
The College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational, the nation’s premiere college-based poetry slam event, returns April 6-9 with competitions, educational workshops, panels and a documentary film showing. “We like to call it the varsity sport of the soul,” says program chairman Robb Thibault, current director of the Hunt College Union at the State University of New… -
March 21, 2011
$20 million gift jumpstarts renovation at Lawyers Club
One of the largest gifts ever made to the Law School will help revitalize living spaces within the 86-year-old student-housing portion of U-M’s iconic Law Quadrangle. Approved by the Board of Regents at its meeting March 17 in Detroit, the $20 million gift from Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charles Munger will pay for the majority… -
March 14, 2011
U-M seeks comment on proposed changes to trespass policy
Several preliminary proposed changes in the Department of Public Safety policy on issuing trespass warnings now are being considered by the university community.
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March 14, 2011
Accolades
Award The Michigan Pharmacists Association has awarded U-M Health System ambulatory group pharmacists an Innovative Practice Award for their work on the Patient Centered Medical Home Team. The award is presented to an individual or team demonstrating an innovative pharmacy practice program resulting in improved patient care or safety, or other advancement. The team members… -
March 14, 2011
TEDx event designed to encourage ‘crazy ideas’
The intellectual equivalent of a U-M football game, in terms of community involvement, is what the organizers of the upcoming TEDxUofM conference hope the event turns out to be.
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March 14, 2011
First lab researchers move into NCRC
The first laboratory-based researchers have moved into the North Campus Research Complex (NCRC), bringing with them cutting-edge research that uses stem cells to create new heart muscle and focuses on the crucial squeezing action of the heart. The two researchers, Dr. Eric Devaney, associate professor of cardiac surgery, and, Todd Herron, assistant research professor of… -
March 14, 2011
MCommunity Directory to replace existing online directory this summer
More online • An overview of the MCommunity Directory > • Make sure your new MCommunity entry is accurate > • An overview of the full MCommunity system > • NextGen Michigan > A new MCommunity Directory soon will replace the U-M Online Directory. The new directory, to be out this summer, is designed to…
